Abbreviation |
Brief description |
1H14 |
First half of 2014 |
1H15 |
First half of 2015 |
A |
|
ABS |
Asset-backed security |
ADS |
American Depositary Share |
AML |
Anti-money laundering |
ARM |
Adjustable-rate mortgage |
B |
|
Basel Committee |
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision |
Basel III |
Basel Committee's reforms to strengthen global capital and liquidity rules |
BoCom |
Bank of Communications Co., Limited, one of China's largest banks |
BRRD |
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (EU) |
BSA |
Bank Secrecy Act (US) |
BSM |
Balance Sheet Management |
BVI |
British Virgin Islands |
C |
|
CA$ |
Canadian dollars |
CAPM |
Capital asset pricing model |
CCB |
Capital conservation buffer |
CCyB |
Countercyclical capital buffer |
CEA |
Commodity Exchange Act (US) |
CET1 |
Common equity tier 1 ratio |
CMB |
Commercial Banking, a global business |
CML |
Consumer and Mortgage Lending (US) |
CRD |
Capital Requirements Directive |
CRS |
Card and Retail Services |
CVA |
Credit valuation adjustment |
D |
|
DANY DPA |
Two-year deferred prosecution agreement with the New York County District Attorney (US) |
DoJ |
Department of Justice (US) |
DPA |
Deferred prosecution agreement (US) |
DPF |
Discretionary participation feature of insurance and investment contracts |
E |
|
EBA |
European Banking Authority |
EU |
European Union |
Euribor |
European Interbank Offered Rates |
F |
|
FCA |
Financial Conduct Authority (UK) |
FPC |
Financial Policy Committee (UK) |
FRB |
Federal Reserve Board (US) |
G |
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GB&M |
Global Banking and Markets, a global business |
GDP |
Gross domestic product |
GPB |
Global Private Banking, a global business |
Group |
HSBC Holdings together with its subsidiary undertakings |
G-SIB |
Global systemically important bank |
G-SII |
Global systemically important institutions |
H |
|
HNAH |
HSBC North America Holdings Inc. |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China |
HSBC |
HSBC Holdings together with its subsidiary undertakings |
HSBC Bank USA |
HSBC Bank USA, N.A., HSBC's retail bank in the US |
HSBC Colombia |
HSBC Bank (Colombia) S.A. |
HSBC Finance |
HSBC Finance Corporation, the US consumer finance company (formerly Household International, Inc.) |
HSBC France |
HSBC's French banking subsidiary, formerly CCF S.A. |
HSBC Holdings |
HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of HSBC |
HSBC USA |
The sub-group, HSBC USA Inc and HSBC Bank USA, consolidated for liquidity purposes |
HSI |
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. |
HSSL |
HSBC Securities Services (Luxembourg) |
HTIE |
HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) Limited |